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Slow Living in India

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Slow living is not just calming aesthetics or visually appealing Instagram feed. It is a way of lifestyle. If you are a student or someone working in the corporate world, you might often come across the terms- ‘busy’ and ‘saturated’.

Slow thinking is sensible thinking. It is about being in the present, acknowledging the person we are, knowing what we feel and managing emotions before we jump to conclusions. It is the awareness that arises from paying attention on purpose. Slow thinking practices help us think in a way we never did. It makes us question ourselves, “Could I teach myself to think better?”

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Slow Food Movement

Slow food signifies local food cultures and traditions. Slow food is about conscious, organic, natural and a sustainable way of lifestyle.

Slow Living is dated back to the slow food movement that started in Italy during the 1980s and 1990s.

The movement emphasized the traditional food-producing techniques when the folks went haywire about fast food.

What comes to your mind when I say “slow food”?

Slow food signifies local food cultures and traditions. Slow food is about conscious, organic, natural and a sustainable way of lifestyle.

It constitutes of so many aspects of life like agriculture, politics, people and planet. It means consuming the food near the place it is grown and marketed by the people you see often.

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Live better not faster | Five key steps to start living mindfully

Live better, not faster! Five key steps to start living mindfully. The answers to these questions would lead you to start living mindfully.

While walking on the streets of Rewari city in a chilly afternoon, I stopped by a chai stall. I met a middle-aged man. He wore the patent Haryanvi attire, a white kurta with white pyjamas.

He covered his head with a winter cap and had a woollen muffler around his neck. A well-settled man, whose children lived and worked in Bangalore.

He went to his children’s house, and stayed for a couple of months and came back to Rewari.

The immediate question I asked was, ‘Uncle Ji, why did you come back to Rewari from Bangalore?’

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Slow Living in India - concept of Slow living in India

Before we introduce the concept of Slow living in India. Let's discuss what slow living is. It has been ingrained in us to hustle to become

Before we introduce the concept of Slow living in India. Let’s discuss what slow living is.

It has been ingrained in us to hustle to become better. To reach the next goal. To grow in life.

As per a general understanding, It comes without saying that if you are wealthier living a better quality and standard of life you are successful. Materialistic possessions also define how successful you are.

Now imagine you are successful in the eyes of the world. You have got the best job, the biggest qualifications and all the materialistic well being in the world.

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How to live slowly? Practice living slow | The Sunnier Spot

How to live slowly? I feel it’s my approach to ‘slow living’. I call it ‘slow busy living’. I hold on to myself ‘busy’ by reading and writing

We, over the course of time, have a tendency to hold onto our feelings, emotions and worries.

Without realising we subconsciously keep holding onto them for a very long time, buried somewhere within.

It is like holding on to a cup of water, initially it won’t feel like anything.

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5 ways to live slowly | How to start Living Slow | The Sunnier Spot

5 ways to live slowly, Choose to live intentionally | Working only as much as you can | Disconnect and befriend stillness

We all have 24 hours and we all don’t have the time.

We don’t have time to read, we don’t have time to sit, we don’t have the time to exercise, we don’t have time to pursue our hobbies.

The work gets a lot, it’s very tough to get a good nights sleep, or eating a fish home-cooked meal.

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What is slow living? Understanding Slow Living Concept

Slow Living is taking a step back in life and enjoying each moment to live it more rather than rush through it. It is a conscious lifestyle.

Slow Living is taking a step back in life and enjoying each moment to live it more rather than rush through it. It is a conscious lifestyle choice to live life in a more balanced and meaningful way. Giving time to what you value the most.